"Hahaha..." Yuan Wu laughed aloud. "This beast's bloodline power has faded. Its time to die has come!"
The long saber instantly slashed out like a bolt of silver lightning!
Facing the saber bearing down on it, the Demon Ape offered no further resistance. Instead, it pressed its palms together in a Buddhist salute.
Then golden patterns lit up across its chest, and a vast, majestic Buddhist aura burst forth.
The golden light grew ever more brilliant, enveloping the Demon Ape's entire body.
The Demon Ape's figure gradually turned insubstantial, then abruptly vanished.
The saber arrived a moment too late, shredding only the lingering golden light.
"That beast actually escaped?" Yuan Wu sounded incredulous.
"Some power teleported it away." Song Wen frowned slightly, looking thoughtful. "Someone must have inscribed some sort of formation restriction inside its body beforehand. By activating it, the ape could be transported away in an instant."
A keen light flashed in Bi Yue's eyes.
"In that case, wouldn't a formation restriction like that be an unparalleled means of escaping with one's life?"
Song Wen shook his head. "I fear it isn't as miraculous as you imagine, Fellow Daoist Bi Yue. If my guess is correct, this restriction can only teleport it to a fixed location, and that location cannot be too far away. If we find the place quickly enough, the Demon Ape will have nowhere left to run."
Bi Yue said, "Even so, that restriction has already saved its life once. If we could obtain it, we would have another life-saving trump card."
Yuan Wu interjected, "There's no hurry to uncover the Demon Ape's secrets. Let's divide up the spirit herbs in this medicinal garden first."
"Most of the spirit herbs here are rare in the outside world, and they're exceedingly old. All of them would